英文欣赏之人生感悟 (104)合住的烦恼 Problems in Sharing a House

Problems in Sharing a House 合住的烦恼 If you like the idea of staying with a family,living in a house might be the answer. 如果你喜欢家庭式的话,就选择和当地人住在一起。 Good landladies-those who are superb cooks and launderers,are figures as popular in fiction as the bad ones who terrorize their guests and overcharge them at the slightest opportunity. 小说里经常会出现一些...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (70)大学生活 College Life

Students who live away from their families are generally housed in dormitories at least for their first year. 离家远的学生通常至少在他们大学的第一年里都会住在学校宿舍。 Men and women often live in the same building,though they may live on separate floors. 男生和女生经常住同一栋宿舍楼,虽然他们住在不同的楼层。 Some dorms have a theme, like an international house,where student...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (114)交流方式 Forms of Communication

Forms of Communication 交流方式 Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must communicate with other people. 很明显,我们要参与我们所生活的这个社会,我们就必须与其他人进行交流。 A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech. 大量的交流是在个人与个人的基础上通过简单的说话方式进行的。 If we trave...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (8)爱的召唤

When Love Beckons You 爱的召唤 When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. 当爱召唤你时,请追随它,尽管爱之道路艰难险峻。 And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. 当爱的羽翼拥抱你时,请顺从它,尽管隐藏在其羽翼之下的利刃可能会伤到你。 And when he speaks to you, believe in him, though hi...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (9)爱一个人意味着什么?

What does it mean to be a lover ? 爱一个人意味着什么? It is more than just being marriage or making love to someone. 爱一个人,不只是与其结婚或者做爱。 Millions of people are married but few are real lovers. 成千上万的人结婚,却只有极少人真正相爱。 To be a real lover,you must commit to and participant in a perpetual dance intimacy with you partner. 真正爱一个人,你要承诺与...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (24)第一场雪

First Snow 第一场雪 The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event. 第一场雪不仅是一件大事,而且是充满魔力的大事。 You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, 入睡时世界是一个样子,醒来时发现你在一个完全不同世界里, and if this is not enchantment,then where is it to be found? 假如不是魔法的作用,又能到哪...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (84)瑞士银行欲洗脱偷税天堂的恶名

The Gilt of Despots 瑞士银行欲洗脱偷税天堂的恶名 For decades, a Swiss bank account was the favored hideaway for assets snaffled by the world’s most kleptocratic leaders. 几十年来,瑞士银行账户一直是受到世界各地贪官们青睐的藏匿资产的地方。 The roll of dishonor includes presidents Marcos of the Philippines,Mobutu of Zaire, Abacha of Nigeria,and “Baby Doc” Duv...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (86)广告中无法抗拒的声音 The Sounds We Can't Resist

The Sounds We Can’t Resist 广告中无法抗拒的声音 If you’re like most people,you’re way too smart for advertising. 如果你和大多数人一样,你必定自以为能避开广告。 You flip right past newspaper ads,never click on ads online and leave the room during TV commercials. 你会直接跳过报纸上的广告,从不会点击网页上弹出的广告,在电视插播广告时离开房间。 That, at least, ...

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英文欣赏:英语中的法语(上)

French in English 英语中的法语 There is no doubt that today English is one of the most important and richest of the world’s languages. 毫无疑问,英语是当今世界上最重要、最丰富多彩的语言之一。 Probably the most significant factor accounting for the latter quality was the Conquest of England by the Normans more than 900 years ago. 影响英语后一特征最重要的因素很可能来自于...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (7)活在当下

Learn to Live in the Present Moment 学会活在当下 To a large degree, 很大程度上, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. 我们内心的平和取决于我们是否活在当下。 Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, 不论昨天或去年发生什么, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, 不管明天会不会发生什么。 the presen...

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英文欣赏:直面压力

Confronting Stress 直面压力 Stress is defined as the body’s response to any demand made upon it. Long ago, stress was a matter of survival. Increased pulse, breathing, and alertness kept our ancestors ready for dangers and prepared them to “run or fight”. 压力被定义为人体根据外部需求产生的一种反应。在远古时代,压力使我们生存。加快跳动的脉搏和心跳以及警戒让...

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英文欣赏:都为"镜"狂(下)

Why so much emphasis on sunglasses? 为什么人们这么注重太阳镜呢? US Weekly said that “they showcase flattering features on your face.” 《美国周刊》表示,这是因为它们能显得脸部更加美观。 They seem to not only be in the spring and summer wardrobes, 无论春夏 but in the winter and fall seasons as well. 秋冬, They are everywhere wearable and available. 无论任何场合都...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (20)论美丽

Of Beauty 论美 Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set; 德行犹如宝石,朴素最美: and surely virtue is best in a body that is comely,though not of delicate features; 其于人也,则有德者但须形体悦目,不必面貌俊秀, and that hath rather dignity of presence, than beauty of aspect. 与其貌美,不若气度恢宏。 Neither is it almost seen,that very beautiful persons are otherwise of ...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (99)家庭主妇停止工作后丧失信心

Confidence Game 家庭主妇停止工作后丧失信心 In California on a business trip last month,I met a mom with two kids who’d graduated from business school in the late 1990s. 上个月,在加利福尼亚的一次商务旅行中,我遇见了一位有两个孩子的母亲。 She’d been home with the kids for five years, she explained,but was looking to go back. 她在20世纪90年代末毕业...

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英文欣赏:你是Cosplayer一族吗?(下)

Secondly, I typically cosplay characters that I myself care about. 其次,我一般只扮演我喜欢的角色。 I’ve grown to love these characters for different reasons, but nevertheless, I care for them like you care for a character in a novel you love, or a movie you enjoy. 我对这些角色一见倾心有很多原因,我喜欢它们就像你喜欢小说或者电影中的人物一样。 I want to kin...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (78)肥皂剧 Soap Operas

Soap Operas 肥皂剧 Watching TV is a very popular pastime in the UK but what kind of programmes do British people like to watch? 在英国,看电视是一种非常流行的消遣方式,但英国人喜欢看哪种类型的节目呢? Well, the most-watched TV programmes every week are very popular dramas that are usually on at least four times every week. 每周收视率最高的电视节目都是那些颇受欢迎的电视剧,通...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (73)英国饮食 English Food

English Food 英国饮食 So, you are going to Britain. 那你打算去英国咯。 “Oh no!” say your friends,”The food is terrible! What are you going to eat?” 哦,不!你朋友会说,食物太难吃了,你过去要吃什么? This was a common thing to say and perhaps it used to be true. 这句话很常见,或许这在过去的确如此。 English food was terrible! Bu...

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英文欣赏:你所不了解的美国

The United States You May Not Know 你所不了解的美国 The United States is the only superpower in the world, and it is far more advanced than any other country. 美国是世界上唯一的超级大国,它比其他国家都先进得多。 However, we can’t simply attribute its powerfulness and prosperity to its lucky escape from the destruction of the two world wars. 然而,我们不...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (30)夏日

A summer day 夏日 One day thirty years ago Marseilles lay in the burning sun. 三十年前的一天,马赛躺在烈日之下。 A blazing sun upon a fierce August day was no greater rarity in southern France then than at any other time before or since. 在法国南部,八月炎热的日子里赤日当空,在那时以前或以后都不是什么罕见的事。 Everything in Marseilles and about Marseilles...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (31)乡村客栈一个阴雨的星期天

A Wet Sunday In A Country Inn 乡村客栈一个阴雨的星期天 A wet Sunday in a country inn! 乡村客栈一个阴雨的星期天! Whoever has had the luck to experience one can alone judge of my situation. 凡有幸度过这样一天的人,都能体会我现在的处境。 The rain pattered against the casements; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. 雨点子噼噼啪啪地打在窗子上,教堂里传来沉重的钟声...

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